Dug up My 400th Mercury Dime!

[Cool Hand Fluke]

I dug up my first mercury dime on 7/12/86. It was a 1937-S! It was quite a thrill digging up that coin! Two weeks ago I dug up my 400th merc dime! Last weekend I dug up # 401 & # 402! It never gets old digging up these lovely ladies!

Here are some observations on the mercury dimes I've found with metal detectors over the years.

The 1943-S has been my most common, the total I've found is 45.

About 60% of the mercs dug have been dated between 1940 to 1945

About 20% have been dated from 1930 to 1939.

About 12% have been dated between 1920 to 1929.

Around 8% are dated between 1916 and 1919.

It never gets old digging up a merc! Hopefully that 1916-D will show up someday!

 

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[mainer]

That is an amazing feat. Whats even more amazing is that not one of them was a 16 D. Congrats on 400.

 

[bama20a]

That is awesome,I'm still looking for number ONE.Keep it up,,,,,,,

 

[Mzjavert]

Wow, nice job.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Congrats on making it into the 400s with those silver dimes. I am sure that that 1916 D is out there waiting for you.
Good hunting,
ZDD

 

[Bart@Big Boys Hobbies]

That is awesome! Keep digging!

 

[TerryC]

Success breeds success! Nice. TTC

 

[fistfulladirt]

Impressive! How many silver rosies compared to mercs? Seems like I get 1 rosie to 3 mercs, not that the mercs are any deeper...

 

[Goes4ever]

awesome! how about a photo of all 400 in a pile!?

 

[mlayers]

Now that is a lot of Merc's Cong on hitting the 400 mark.......Matt

 

[kayden]

No wonder I dont find very many........You found em all!

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

That is an amazing feat! I am curious how many of them, or the percentage of "S" mint marks in the batch?

I notice an unusually large percentage of the Merc's I dig hear in the Philly area are from the Denver mint. Not so with most other modern coinage.

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

Impressive! How many silver rosies compared to mercs? Seems like I get 1 rosie to 3 mercs, not that the mercs are any deeper...

So far I've dug up 531 silver rosie dimes. Last April I dug up my 500th rosie. When I add up all my seated, barber, mercury, and rosie silver dimes I stand at about 970 silver dimes! I should hit the 1000th silver dime some time next year!

As far as mercs to rosies go, out here in the west coast we dig about 10 rosies for every 8 mercs.

 

[Cool Hand Fluke]

That is an amazing feat! I am curious how many of them, or the percentage of "S" mint marks in the batch?

I notice an unusually large percentage of the Merc's I dig hear in the Philly area are from the Denver mint. Not so with most other modern coinage.

This is how it breaks down:

Denver mint mark totals: 55
Philadelphia mint mark totals: 114
San Francisco mint marks totals: 235

I guess living in Northern California gives you high percentage of those S.F. mint marks....

 

[TheCoinFinder]

at this rate you will have a complete collection good luck on the 1916 d don't scratch it

 

[kevkirki]

Im still after #1

 

[gleaner1]

Got just over three hundred total silver. I say about one hundred are mercs. I say only about fifty are roosies.